Lady Crusaders stumble in HAAC loss to Avila

1:04 AM,
Jan. 11, 2013

Written by

Casey Bayliss
CBAYLISS@NEWS-LEADER.COM

Any home-court loss is hard to stomach, but Thursday may be more so for the Evangel Lady Crusaders. They were using the game against Avila as a measuring stick for Heart of America Athletic Conference play.

"It's frustrating. This was a big game and you can't afford to lose on your home court," Evangel sophomore Emily Akins said. "We're going to have to take our anger and the fight that we didn't really show this game, into the rest of the conference. We're going to have to win them all from here."

The Lady Crusaders were not prepared for the zone defense of the Lady Eagles, suffering a frustrating ...